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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 195

Barriers Inactive. Prices Hold. Gold Shares Ease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 8

Mining shares closed the week on Saturday on the prevailing dull note. Business was desultory in all sections. The downward tendency of base metal…

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Mine Tragedy. Four Men Still Buried. Hope Abandoned. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 12

Rescue operations at the South mine, where five men were buried in a fall of earth, have continued without interruption since Friday afternoon,…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted yesterday at £7/8/6 an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/64 on Friday. —A.A.P. AIRCRAFT DESIGNER'S DEATH…

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Gold and Silver From the Egypt. Brest (France), June 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 12

The salvage ship Artiglio II. on Friday recovered gold and silver valued at £7,300 from the wreck of the liner Egypt off Ushant. The treasure recovered from the Egypt to date…

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Falls Menace Rescuers Two-Day Fight To Reach Four Men Entombed In Mine Hope Abandoned After First Rescue Broken Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 2

Rescuers attempting to reach four men trapped by a fall of earth in Broken Hill South Mine have themselves been constantly menaced…

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Coal Mine Safety. Report Issued. Far-reaching Proposals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 11

Far-reaching recommendations involving large expenditure are made in the report of the Royal Commission on safety and health in coal…

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Safety in Mines Report

Daily News · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 5

Workers' compensation for dust victims in the coalmining industry is one of the most important of the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 8

CUMBERLAND CALEDONIA GOLD. Week endrd June 16[?] 1[?]ft level, north winze: Sunk 5 feet, total depth 36 feet[?] lode i foot wide, carryine values approximately 2 per cent; [?]ft level, north…

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Australian Gold Prices Advance

The Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 18

An advance of 3d a share i shown in prices fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for cold lodged at the Melbourne and Perth Mints during the…

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Increased Profits Gt. Boulder Gold

The Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 18

Material increase was recorded in profits of Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines, Ltd., during the year…

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Rescuers Find Miners' Bodies Broken Hill

Daily News · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

Two bodies were located by a rescue party in South Mine late to-day. The remains were so shockingly…

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Pinned in Mine Collapse Broken Hill

The Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

"It seemed that a bit of timber dropped and then, without warning, the whole lot collapsed," said Ray B…

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Report on Safety in Mines Improvements Urged

The Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 12

Probably it would be more advantageous if the affairs of the coal-mining industry were brought under the control of the Federal Arbitration Court, states the report of the Royal Commission on safety and health in mines…

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Safeguards for Miners Plans To Go Before Cabinet

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 4

An intensive scientific research into the coal dust menace is urged by the Royal Commission into…

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Body Recovered. Broken Hill Mine Tragedy. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 12

The body of one of the four men who were killed in the fall of earth in the South Mine on Friday afternoon was recovered to-night and brought to the surface…

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Newcastle Coal Shipments 68,462 Tons Last Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 8

Oversea and interstate coal transfers from Newcastle last week totalled 68,462 tons, compared with 66,603 tons for tho previous week. The King's…

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Mining Shares Dull. Mt. Lyell Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 8

Small business in mining shares yesterday was accompanied by few movements in prices. Receiving no stimulus from oversea…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/6 anounce fine, which was unchanged from Saturday BASE METALS…

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Safety in Coal Mines. Royal Commission's Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 19

SOME far-reaching recommendations have been made in the report of the Royal Commission on safety and health in coalmines, which was made…

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Miners' Opposition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The Northern Miners' Federation has decided to oppose the National Register. A meeting of the management board…

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